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Verbal Ability

Tests grammar and usage error identification in various sentence structures and contexts.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

There (1) was (2) such a great rush (3) for the ticket (4) that I was not able to buy one. (5) No error

  1. (1)
  2. (2)
  3. (3)
  4. (4)
  5. (5)
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer.

(1) He urgently asked the retailer (2) to give him (3) a half kilo sugar and (4) a bottle of cola. (5) No error

  1. (1)
  2. (2)
  3. (3)
  4. (4)
  5. (5)
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

(1) Thousands gathered (2) to listen (3) to the prime minister in the field (4) amidst continuous rain. (5) No error

  1. (1)
  2. (2)
  3. (3)
  4. (4)
  5. (5)
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

Today, street fights (1) seem (2) more orderly (3) as compared to the bedlam in parliament and in state legislatures in (4) the name of democracy. (5) No error

  1. (1)
  2. (2)
  3. (3)
  4. (4)
  5. (5)
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the numbered part that bears an error of grammar or diction. If there is no error, mark (5).

If the country (1) has to prosper in the 21st century, then the countrymen, specifically politicians, (2) had better (3) to take a course on what real politics is (4) all about. (5) No error

  1. (1)
  2. (2)
  3. (3)
  4. (4)
  5. (5)
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) All (B) but (C) he had fled away from the office when police (D) raided. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) Lost in the jungle and completely exhausted, (B) dark woods frightened them but just as they were about to lose all hope, (C) they saw a house (D) at a distance of two miles. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Mathematics is (A) similar to empirical sciences in that it involves an objective, careful and systematic study of (B) an area of knowledge; it is (C) different due to its method of verifying its knowledge, (D) using a priori rather than empirical methods. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) Fields Medal, sometimes described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, is awarded (B) once in every four years to as many (C) as four young awardees at a time, (D) who are talented mathematicians. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Identify the part having an error and mark the suitable option:

(A) On my son's achievements (B) I said to him that (C) I was too proud (C) to be his father.

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

The (A) Way of Nature is a cycle which involves neither progress (B) or development; wild animals commit themselves (C) to this cycle and (D) live out their lives this way. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

In the present age we see parallels (A) in the manufacture of such needless, and often harmful, things like (B) trinkets and gewgaws, (C) cars and cameras, televisions, jets, and computers, which only waste resources and (D) spew forth pollution. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

The (A) pastime is so positively agreeable (B) that it lets time (C) slip by unnoticed and (D) turns working time also into pastime. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) Blind faith in science (B) is a privilege given only to a human being, but unfortunately (C) they will perish in the near future (D) because of scientific progress. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing answers follow the requirements of standard written English.

The traditional religions teach us not to become (A) attached to material things, and as (B) proof to that they (C) tell us to make offerings and show the extent of (D) your belief. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

He (1) complied with the order (2) that (3) all the students of the school (4) should follow the dress code. (5) No error

  1. (1)
  2. (2)
  3. (3)
  4. (4)
  5. (5)
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

The American civil war, the deadliest in American history, (A) caused 620,000 soldier deaths and (B) an undetermined number (C) of civilian casualties, ended slavery in the United States (D) restoring the Union, and strengthened the role of the federal government. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

The repair work (A) on the railroad will (B) continue round the clock from today (C) until Friday or (D) till it is deemed necessary by the authorities concerned. (E) No error

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

(A) The latest piece of fiction from the maestro is (B) liable to become a best seller (C) because it is full of (D) revelry and entertainment. (E) No error

Directions for the question:
The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Example:
To suggest the virtues of a home grown language (A) over (B) all else (C) have little to do with nationalism and (D) much to do with ostrich mindset. (E) No error

Answer: (C)
  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Limbaugh lost his job (A) for saying in public what many football fans and analysts (B) have been saying privately for the past couple of seasons and though he (C) pretty much told the truth he had (D) to pay a huge price. (E) No error

Directions for the question:
The following question tests your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. The sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice (E). In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Example:
To suggest the virtues of a home grown language (A) over (B) all else (C) have little to do with nationalism and (D) much to do with ostrich mindset. (E) No error

Answer: (C)
  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
  5. (E)
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